Kratzer was caught by Bethlehem police Nov. 12 after a Lehigh University student discovered him in her house on the 500 block of Hillside Avenue when he opened her bedroom door and she called police.

Officers found him and co-defendant Jonathan A. Garcia-Diaz at Sixth and Buchanan streets, where Garcia-Diaz was carrying a flat-screen television and Kratzer had stolen jewelry in his jeans, police said.

The student identified Kratzer as the man who entered her bedroom, saying she was "100 percent positive," police said. In an interview with investigators, Kratzer admitted other burglaries, and showed police where they occurred.

Garcia-Diaz, 24, of Bethlehem was charged only in the Hillside Avenue and Thomas Street break-ins. On Thursday, he also pleaded guilty, admitting to a count of burglary before Senior Judge Leonard Zito.